89.35—Administrative wage garnishment.
        
        (a) General.
         The Secretary may use administrative wage garnishment for debts referred to cross-servicing at Financial Management Service, Department of Treasury. Regulations in  31 CFR 285.11 govern the collection of debts owed to federal agencies through administrative wage garnishment. Whenever the Financial Management  Service collects a debt for the Secretary using administrative wage garnishment, the statutory administrative requirements in  31 CFR 285.11 will govern.
    
    
        
        (b) Hearing official.
         Any hearing required to establish the Secretary's right to collect a debt through administrative wage garnishment shall be conducted by a qualified individual selected at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation, as specified in  31 CFR 285.11. The qualified individual may include an Administrative Law Judge.
    
    [74 FR 40523, Aug. 12, 2009]